Security Compliance

Outdated information displays in Patch Manager reports

This article describes how to purge stale data or disconnected computers from your Patch Manager reports.

First published date

10/17/2018 10:21 PM

Last published date

5/27/2025 6:57 PM

Overview

Stale data or disconnected/removed computers display in the Patch Manager reports. 

Product section

Patch Manager

Cause

The stale data or disconnected computers were not purged from the WSUS inventory. 

Resolution

Purge the WSUS inventory. When you are finished, the information gathered in the Managed Computer Inventory and WSUS Inventory is cleared from the Patch Manager database.
 

This procedure will not impact Patch Manager or the Patch Manager nodes. This procedure only clears the inventory data attained by re-running the WSUS and Managed Computer Inventory procedures. 

  1. Log in to the Patch Manager Administrator Console as an administrator.
  2. In the navigation pane, expand Enterprise and select Update Services.
  3. In the center pane, select your WSUS server.
  4. In the Actions pane, click Server Cleanup Wizard.
  5. In the WSUS Server Cleanup Options dialog box, select your cleanup options. 
  6. Click OK.
    The task runs and clears all selected records and files from the Patch Manager database.
  7. When prompted, click Close.
  8. Create a new WSUS Inventory or Managed Computer Inventory task, replacing your previous tasks. Otherwise, your reports will not contain any data.


See Schedule inventory tasks to populate empty reports for details about creating WSUS Inventory and Managed Computer Inventory tasks.